The important growth of arrivals and tourist presences in Syracuse was reason for arguing this thesis. There were numerous reflections on the consequences of tourism growth: the important effects on urban dynamics and inconveniences for residents, due to overcrowding in a timely manner of some areas of the city. "Syracuse: from pentapoli to penta-poles", shows the parallelism between the areas in which the tourist flows are concentrated, defined through analysis carried out disturbance, and the five cities that once characterized the structure city ​​of Syracuse: Ortigia, Akradina, Tiche, Neapolis, Epipoli. Tourism1, involves the carrying out of a large number of activities, ranging organized and coordinated with each other: hotels, restaurants, restaurants, shops selling postcards and souvenirs, of banks, landscapes to visit, landscapes to admire and, therefore, even the simplest of trips, the work of a large number of operators. It is an extremely varied phenomenon because the term tourism it is used to indicate the most diverse activities, which have as their element in common the movement of people from their residence. The reference always more common to the tourists has the function of underlining the marked differences between ways of operating that are no longer comparable. It is to be considered not only those who leave for a journey of leisure or rest, but also The businessman who moves from the usual place of work, the student on a trip school for a few days, the faithful who goes on a pilgrimage to a sanctuary, the fan who follows his football team.2 Considering the conspicuous variation in the years of arrival and presences, it is not It is difficult to think that shortly one of the threats will materialize has gripped and continues to grip the major Italian cities, such as Venice or Rome and beyond: Overtourism.